Okay, I believe it is almost a given that the Bushfolk are going to find a way to attack Iraq now that he has figured out that by divying up the oil now, rather than after the US occupation he can get more folks on board.

Yep, with the second largest reserve of crude oil totalling 112 billionbarrels, Bush is saying in essence, You're either with us or against us. "It's pretty starightforward", said R. James Woolsey (Wash. Post of today). "If they throw in their lot with Saddam, it will be difficult to the point of impossible to persuade the new Iraqi government to work with them."

The blackmailed countries include Russia (Kirkuk Oil Fields, 10 B barrels, West Qurna, 15 B barrels); China (Al Ahdab); Italy and Spain (Nassirya); France (Majnoon with 10-30 B barrels and Nahr Umar, 6 B barrels), India and Algeria (Tuba), and the UK and the Neatherlands (Ratawi), to name a few.

Sounds to me like an old fashion bank robbery to me, except in this case no 6 guns and horses or Bonnie and Clyde Model A's, just smart bombs, F-16's, followed with the usual other vaious weapons of mass destruction.

Bobert